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Philosophy Book Club/Cafe

Learn more features of this spreadsheet software that can help you further your career. Seats will be filled on a first-come, space-available basis.

Instructor: P. McFadden
Computer Lab, Room 311

Required Skills: The ability to read and comprehend English well, and the skills acquired in PC Basics, Word I Basics, Word II Intermediate and Excel I Basics.

You will learn to:

Manage the screen view and navigate multiple worksheets in a workbook.
Construct 3-D formulas, using the Consolidate feature, and execute the Paste Special function.
Engage and perform the Auto Outline, Data Validation and AutoFilter features.
Apply the stylized Conditional Formatting feature to spreadsheet data.
Protect worksheet/workbook environment.

Please bring your own flash drive to save class documents or send them to your email account.

6:30 p.m.

Francis A. Gregory Library

Spinoza Philosopher Come to the Philosophy Book Club/Cafe to discuss Philosophy Classics in a relaxed manner. The meetings are on the Third Monday of every month on a Monday night at 6:30 pm.

Our object to discuss the ideas of great philosophers in an informal way. The presider, the librarian, will outline the thought of a philosopher and a classic text in a short summary form at the beginning of a session and then the intention is to provoke discussion of the main ideas of that philosopher.

Reading the philosophy text will not be required only response to the selections from the text read to the group by the leader of the discussion. Sessions have been lively and thought provoking. Sample philosophers have been Plato in his Republic, Aristotle in his Ethics, and Spinoza in his Ethics.

The Philosophy Book Club/Cafe disucssions will be open to all adults and teens.

6:30 p.m.

Classic Films

Chevy Chase Library

Join us for our classic films series every Monday at 6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Knitting and Crocheting

The Francis A. Gregory Library is sponsoring a knitting/crocheting weekly meeting.

Knitting will be the primary focus, but crocheting lessons and support will continued to be provided. All levels of experience welcome.

6:30 p.m.

Game Night

Southwest Library

cartoon people playing video game Come join the Southwest Neighborhood Library for game nights!

Come play a host of Wii video games or enjoy a nice board game.

Game nights will be every Monday and Wednesday night.

6:30 p.m.

Fiction Lover's Book Club

Poetry Reading: Jean Nordhaus

Before You Suffocate... book cover Please join The Fiction Lover's Book Club in Room 221 as we discuss Danielle Evans' Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self. All those who cannot attend are welcome to post thoughts online in our Goodreads space all month long.

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This selection is part of the DC by the Book project.

6:30 p.m.

Job Seekers Drop-In Clinic

May is Jewish American Heritage Month!

In recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month, the DC Public Library presents a poetry reading by award winning local poet Jean Nordhaus, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

Her newest book of poems, Innocence, won the Charles B. Wheeler prize from Ohio State University Press. Her previous book, The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn, was published by Milkweed Editions; a selection of these poems won the 1997 Edward Stanley Award from Prairie Schooner. Other books written by Ms. Nordhaus include My Life in Hiding, which won a Colladay award from Quarterly Review of Literature.

Ms. Nordhaus' poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, The Hudson Review, The New Republic, Poetry, Best American Poetry 2000, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. In addition, she has published articles, essays, and reviews on dance and poetry in The Washington Post and many other publications.

Ms. Nordhaus is a founding member of the Capitol Hill Poetry Group, a group of poets who meet weekly in Washington, D.C.

This poetry reading will take place in room 209 of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. For more information please contact Information Services, 202-727-1261.

7:00 p.m.

Spring into Meditation

West End Library

Three-part workshop on Jyoti meditation with David Newcomb. Picture of David Newcomb

7:00 p.m.

Leo Africanus

Woodridge Library

Leo Africanus Cover Join Faheem Chishty and members of the Yaro Collective as we discuss Leo Africanus and the historical politics of Islam in North Africa.

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

10:00 a.m.

Juanita E. Thornton / Shepherd Park Library, Jobseekers

Need help with your resume, writing a cover letter or filling out a job application? On Tuesdays at the Shepherd Park Library from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., you can get individualized attention at our Job Seekers Drop-In Clinic.

For more information, please contact Marilyn Smith at 202-541-6025.

10:00 a.m.

Preschool Story Times

Southeast Library

Story time for ages 2-5 years.

10:00 a.m.

Job Seeekers Drop-in Clinics

Story Time for ages 3-5. Class groups welcome.

To ensure that children can participate fully in this program, we ask that children who attend this program be at least over 2 years of age.

10:00 a.m.

Baby-Toddler Story Time

Mt. Pleasant Library

Stories, songs, and rhymes for ages 0-2, with their caregivers.

For safety's sake, there is a limit of 75 participants for each story time.

Remember -- there is a story time at 10 a.m. and another at 11 a.m.

To schedule a class visit, please call 202-671-3125.

10:00 a.m.

Toddler Story Time

Chevy Chase Library

Stories, songs, and SO much more.

Join us for a program for children ages 1-4 and their caregivers.

10:00 a.m.

Woodridge Library

Participants receive hands-on training in job readiness skills, including computer searches, assistance with resumes and creating email accounts.

Ages 18 and older.

10:00 a.m.

Baby and Toddler Story Time

West End Library

Singing, talking and reading for 0- to 3-year-olds.

10:30 a.m.

Baby and Toddler Story Time

Southwest Library

Join us for baby and toddler story time.

Designed for children ages birth to 2 years and their families, the story time will include lots of fun songs, finger plays, baby bounces and rhymes as we work together to develop early literacy skills.

10:30 a.m.

Story Time for ages 3-5.

Class groups welcome.

To ensure that children can participate fully in this program, we ask that children who attend this program be at least over 2 years of age.

10:30 a.m.

Tenley-Friendship Library

Deanwood Library

Enjoy the world of reading through stories, movies, crafts and action rhymes.

Ages 3-5.

10:30 a.m.

Baby/Toddler Story Time

Petworth Library

Join us for songs, stories, finger plays and rhymes.

This story time is for ages birth to 2 years.

Groups, please call 202-243-1188 to schedule a story time for your group.

10:30 a.m.

Drop-In Story Time

Stories, songs, and rhymes for children aged 0 to 5 and their caregivers.

10:30 a.m.

Parklands-Turner Library

storytime Every Tuesday and Thursday, come and enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, finger plays, movement and more for children ages 0-5.

10:30 a.m.

Preschool Storytime

Woodridge Library

Join us for a half hour of stories, songs, movement, finger plays, rhyme, and dance! Large groups of ten or more please contact, Lizzie Nolan, children's librarian at 202-541-6226 or elizabeth.nolan@dc.gov

Best for ages 2-5.

*Crafts every first Tuesday and Thursday of the month*

11:00 a.m.

Baby-Toddler Story Time

Mt. Pleasant Library

11:00 a.m.

Juanita E. Thornton / Shepherd Park Library

Stories, songs, rhymes, finger plays, movement and more for children ages infant to five and their parents/caregivers.

11:00 a.m.

Toddler Story Time

Chevy Chase Library

Stories, songs, and SO much more.

Join us for a program for children ages 1-4 and their caregivers.

11:00 a.m.

Baby & Toddler Story Time

Rosedale Library

Story times include bounces, tickles, upsie-downsies, manipulables, and action rhymes with one or two stories.

Ages Birth-3

11:15 a.m.

Tales for Twos and Threes

Southeast Library

Story Time for ages 2 - 3 years.

12:00 p.m.

Yoga with Heather Ferris

Lotus
Bring a mat and join Heather Ferris, yoga teacher/therapist & Shaw resident, for traditional yoga classes. Many aspects will be covered:

• Asana
• Meditation
• Breathing
• Omkar chanting and much more

1:30 p.m.

Word II Intermediate